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panama dictator manuel noriega was sentenced for drug trafficking and miami on the payroll of the cia and graduate of the school of america as noriega has become notorious for representing one of the most serious foreign policy failures for the united states and as the u.s. war on drugs drags on into its fourth decade it looks like little has actually been achieved and the crack down violence rages on in latin america the demand for drugs still remains and while brutal drug cartels stay in power u.s. prisons are filling up with nonviolent drug offenders. so what will it take for the u.s. to change its failed foreign policy and latin america and rethink the war on drugs to discuss this nico to gama field organizer for the school of americas watch joins us now welcome nico so it's been twenty years since noriega sentencing you know he's become this failure this symbol of failure of u.s. foreign policy he worked with the cia he was educated here in the u.s. in georgia so let's talk more about this at the school of america as and where it stands today well as you said men will know diego
panama dictator manuel noriega was sentenced for drug trafficking and miami on the payroll of the cia and graduate of the school of america as noriega has become notorious for representing one of the most serious foreign policy failures for the united states and as the u.s. war on drugs drags on into its fourth decade it looks like little has actually been achieved and the crack down violence rages on in latin america the demand for drugs still remains and while brutal drug cartels stay in...
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. >> brown: from panama, the story of a tug-of-war in the rain forest between a canadian mining company and the local community. >> is building what would be one of the biggest compromises in the world. right in the middle of the rain forest. home to thousands of animal and plant species. some of them endangered. >> ifill: and we close with a mystery about an electric guitar that just might be the same one bob dylan played at the 1965 newport folk festival. it's rock and roll history. we'd love to see his guitar to either learn if we made a mistake and how we made the mistake or if we have the real thing. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.
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panama dictator manuel noriega was sentenced for drug trafficking in miami on the peril of the cia and graduate of the school of america as noriega has become notorious for representing representing one of the most serious foreign policy failures for the united states and as the us is a war on drugs drags into its fourth decade it looks like a little has actually been achieved and the crackdown violence rages on in latin america that a man for drugs still remains and while brutal drug cartels stay in power u.s. prisons are filling up with nonviolent drug offenders so what will it take for the u.s. to change its failed foreign policy and latin america and rethink the war on drugs to discuss this nico he's the field organizer for the school of americas watch he joined us earlier today take a lesson. the men will know diego was trained at the u.s. army school of the americas which is a military training institution for latin american officials and soldiers it was actually set up in one hundred forty six in panama later was moved in one thousand nine hundred eighty two to four benning geor
panama dictator manuel noriega was sentenced for drug trafficking in miami on the peril of the cia and graduate of the school of america as noriega has become notorious for representing representing one of the most serious foreign policy failures for the united states and as the us is a war on drugs drags into its fourth decade it looks like a little has actually been achieved and the crackdown violence rages on in latin america that a man for drugs still remains and while brutal drug cartels...
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called our man in panama manuel noriega was on the cia payroll that he said from one thousand nine hundred six until his ouster by the us invasion in one thousand nine hundred nine and little has changed since then the us army school the americas has consistently graduated the worst human rights violators and eleven at least eleven dictators in latin america and what we as the school americas watch are saying is what is the purpose behind the training of these human rights violators who keep popping up from argentina. general be there was just sentenced for for kidnapping babies you know in colombia every drug traffickers a lot of the major generals were just recently cited as being in the payroll of the north the drug cartel. in mexico we're seeing the same thing as well the u.s. continues to prop up these human rights violators and the continues and as you just had mentioned this school graduates a lot of these people that end up being dictators and human rights violators of what is it about the school of america as that kind of pops out these these graduates that end up committing these
called our man in panama manuel noriega was on the cia payroll that he said from one thousand nine hundred six until his ouster by the us invasion in one thousand nine hundred nine and little has changed since then the us army school the americas has consistently graduated the worst human rights violators and eleven at least eleven dictators in latin america and what we as the school americas watch are saying is what is the purpose behind the training of these human rights violators who keep...
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we've also seen that in panama and other places. and it's a cash transfer from governmental and the communities. it's looking at the absolute poorest of the poor, people who may not access services and people who may not even be registered for government services and it's providing incentive to go out and to identify individuals and to identify them in cree aft ways to perhaps go beyond the traditional mechanisms for traditional cash transfer which, if your children go to school you may receive some food subsidies and there's been some discussion with indigenous communities as to how to tweak that basket of goods to make sure it's culturally appropriate so that you're buying more local food products so that you're not changing communities' diets or their values or principles. i think one of the main areas and that's an example of public aid and public aid for the u.s. and latin america has been driven by the good neighbor policy. good neighbor policy combined with citizen security policy and i would argue that right now our u.s., an
we've also seen that in panama and other places. and it's a cash transfer from governmental and the communities. it's looking at the absolute poorest of the poor, people who may not access services and people who may not even be registered for government services and it's providing incentive to go out and to identify individuals and to identify them in cree aft ways to perhaps go beyond the traditional mechanisms for traditional cash transfer which, if your children go to school you may receive...
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went to panama. went to bosnia. desert storm, of course. by the time 9/11 came, i had a lot of field time. and i had a lot of combat time as a bystander. usually as a terrified bystander. it was a little uncomfortable, because a lot of guys in the military had no exposure to war. there would ask me sometimes, "what is it like?" i had to say, i am not a soldier. i do not participate. i just watch it happen and write about it. then, of course, 9/11 came. we went to afghanistan and iraq. pretty soon, we have a whole generation of really combat hardened veterans. >> different organizations to work for? >> time magazine, when i was in africa. i worked at "the washington star" for a year before it collapsed. i went to the l.a. times and covered the pentagon. i worked for a small newspaper wire service in washington, a great job. it folded and i went to the baltimore sun. they laid me off when they were closing the washington bureau. i went to aol, a little website called "politics daily." the net merged with the huffington post, i went to the huf
went to panama. went to bosnia. desert storm, of course. by the time 9/11 came, i had a lot of field time. and i had a lot of combat time as a bystander. usually as a terrified bystander. it was a little uncomfortable, because a lot of guys in the military had no exposure to war. there would ask me sometimes, "what is it like?" i had to say, i am not a soldier. i do not participate. i just watch it happen and write about it. then, of course, 9/11 came. we went to afghanistan and iraq....
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in fact, in norman di, england, mexico city, and panama, we have 140,000 crosses or other symbols that might be projected as being religious. sadly, what we've got going on in san diego, it's those who claim in the name of religious tolerance, want to destroy our war memorials, if anyone takes offense to this, all this does, we're -- all this says, we're not going to tear down the four million crosses on the veterans' memorials across the country and we're not going to tear down or use any funds from this budget to tear down the war memorial that stands on top of mount soledad at la jolla, san diego, california. i hope my colleagues can say in the spirit of tolerance, no one needs to go out and be so intolerant as to tear down war memorials because somebody may claim it may have a religious connotation. god knows, we don't want to start tearing down the four million crosses that exist today or those thousands of star of davids that proudly sit today on veterans and federal property. >> will the gentleman yield? mr. bilbray: yes. mr. free ling -- mr. young: we support your amendment. mr
in fact, in norman di, england, mexico city, and panama, we have 140,000 crosses or other symbols that might be projected as being religious. sadly, what we've got going on in san diego, it's those who claim in the name of religious tolerance, want to destroy our war memorials, if anyone takes offense to this, all this does, we're -- all this says, we're not going to tear down the four million crosses on the veterans' memorials across the country and we're not going to tear down or use any...
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only a few tar balls got as far east as panama city beach, and the rest of the gulf coast beaches all the way down to the southern tip of florida, no oil. but the tourists stopped coming. and when the tourists stopped coming, there's nobody in the hotels, and the hotel workers can't work. there's nobody in the restaurants, and all of those workers aren't working. and all the ancillary businesses that depend on that major component of the economy. and then of course the seafood industry, the source of a third of our domestic seafood in this country, the gulf of mexico -- of course the fishing industry was devastated. and even those that could fish outside of the danger zone of where the oil was lurking, people stopped buying gulf seafood because they were afraid that it was tainted. and even when the oil was finally shut off after three months, the gulf was left with this public perception that the gulf was tainted. well, you remember the president asked the secretary of the navy, ray maybus to recommend a strategy that would restore the gulf? why ray maybus? because he had been a gulf
only a few tar balls got as far east as panama city beach, and the rest of the gulf coast beaches all the way down to the southern tip of florida, no oil. but the tourists stopped coming. and when the tourists stopped coming, there's nobody in the hotels, and the hotel workers can't work. there's nobody in the restaurants, and all of those workers aren't working. and all the ancillary businesses that depend on that major component of the economy. and then of course the seafood industry, the...
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most financial investors money came from corporations registered in panama, then one of the world's most secretive business jurisdictions, offering a confidentiality intense advantages. previously unreleased details and other public records -- bain capital was emeshed in the largely opaque world of international high finance from its inception. romney faces increasing criticism for his own involvement in exotic offshore investment funds. that is front page of the chicago tribune this morning. and the lead story in the miami herald is -- in congress, few released their congress. nancy pelosi was an phatic. mitt romney the's to release more than two years of his tax return, it makes him unfit to win confirmation as a member of the president's cabinet, let alone hold the high office himself. harry reid went further. his refusal to make public tax record makes him unfit to be a dogcatcher. they do not think that standard of transparency should apply to them. the democratic leaders of the senate and house are among hundreds of senators and representatives from both parties who refused to rele
most financial investors money came from corporations registered in panama, then one of the world's most secretive business jurisdictions, offering a confidentiality intense advantages. previously unreleased details and other public records -- bain capital was emeshed in the largely opaque world of international high finance from its inception. romney faces increasing criticism for his own involvement in exotic offshore investment funds. that is front page of the chicago tribune this morning....
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major shipping canals are being widend and as ships are built larger as the panama canal has widend we need ports and rail facility that is can accommodate them and we must make sure that other countries are playing fair and abiding by the rules. the enfoors act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by representatives linda sanchez and congressman billy long will establish new procedures for investigating claims against foreign manufacturers for evading anti-dumping and counter vailing duty orders. it will help us better enforce trade rules and prevent illegal imports. in addition to these measures, the house energy and commerce committee came together in a bipartisan vote last month to send to the house floor a make it in america bill sponsored by bill lip ski of illinois. it is called the american manufacturing competitiveness act. it calls for the development of a national manufacturing strategy. you can't win the game if you don't have a playbook. you can't win the game if you don't have a strategy to do so. the national manufacturing strategy will bring together public and private sectors
major shipping canals are being widend and as ships are built larger as the panama canal has widend we need ports and rail facility that is can accommodate them and we must make sure that other countries are playing fair and abiding by the rules. the enfoors act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by representatives linda sanchez and congressman billy long will establish new procedures for investigating claims against foreign manufacturers for evading anti-dumping and counter vailing duty orders. it...
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i was so pleased to see colombia, panama, and south korea be passed. mr. dreier: thank you very much, madam speaker. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, for five minutes. mr. connolly: thank you, madam speaker. this month as america's families and businesses anxiously await congress' action on the expiration of any number of tax cuts, i thought it would be a good idea to ask ourselves again that question, what would ronald reagan do? let's query the gipper. after all, for the past three years all we have heard from republicans is the claim that president obama taxes too much. and when the tea party started its lobbying efforts in 2009, their name actually, tea, was an acronym standing for taxed enough already. just like the republican party, the tea party expressed an furor about what they thought was happening in taxes. while blind conjecture and pithy slogans are useful in getting attention, they ultimately fail unless they are backed by fac
i was so pleased to see colombia, panama, and south korea be passed. mr. dreier: thank you very much, madam speaker. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, for five minutes. mr. connolly: thank you, madam speaker. this month as america's families and businesses anxiously await congress' action on the expiration of any number of tax cuts, i thought it would be a good idea to ask...
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>> i can go back to the invasion of panama in 1989 and worked for. we realize that just having a military battle you had one was not the end of the game. perhaps we should have done at the beginning to avoid that battle in the first time -- place or, having won the battle, how do we preserve the peace? >> you have to be careful when we talk about these terms such as smart power or heart power or soft power. i'm reminded of a conversation i had with the former archbishop of canterbury in 2003. you might have been there. it was on the eve of the second gulf war. the archbishops stood up and said, general powell, why don't we just use soft power? it was a critique of what we were getting ready to do. the answer i gave him was that it was not soft power that rescue britain from hitler. it was part power. you had to have all of it. when we won with hard power in world war ii, we use soft power in germany and asia to create democracies. the importance of this coalition, what makes what we are doing tonight so important, is that we understand that we need i
>> i can go back to the invasion of panama in 1989 and worked for. we realize that just having a military battle you had one was not the end of the game. perhaps we should have done at the beginning to avoid that battle in the first time -- place or, having won the battle, how do we preserve the peace? >> you have to be careful when we talk about these terms such as smart power or heart power or soft power. i'm reminded of a conversation i had with the former archbishop of...
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paying about $100 billion every single year by using tax havens in the cayman islands, in bermuda, panama and other countries. maybe, just maybe, before you cut social security and medicare, you might want to pass legislation to make those people start paying their fair share in taxes and do away with those tax havens. so, madam president, let me just conclude by saying we are in a pivotal moment in american history. if we as a nation do not get our act together, in my view, we will move even more rapidly in the direction of an oligarchy where you will have a few people on the top with incredible wealth controlling not only our economy but also through citizens united the political life of this country, and we're seeing that playing out right here on the floor of the senate with people who are turning their backs on working families and the middle class and at a time when the wealthiest people are doing phenomenally well, fighting for more tax breaks for people who absolutely don't need them. now, i hope the american people pay rapt attention to this debate and i hope the american people
paying about $100 billion every single year by using tax havens in the cayman islands, in bermuda, panama and other countries. maybe, just maybe, before you cut social security and medicare, you might want to pass legislation to make those people start paying their fair share in taxes and do away with those tax havens. so, madam president, let me just conclude by saying we are in a pivotal moment in american history. if we as a nation do not get our act together, in my view, we will move even...
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we also see it in panama and other places. it derives cash transfer to lower -- what is exciting is it is looking at the absolute poorest of the ports of the people who don't normally access services, people he may not even be registered for government services is providing a end incentive for the government to go out and identify those individuals and to identify them in creative ways that perhaps go beyond the traditional mechanisms for traditional cash transfer which includes health care are going to go to the doctor on a regular basis and if your children go to school, you may receive some food subsidies and there has been some discussion even particularly with indigenous communities, traditional communities as to how do you treat that basket of goods to make sure it's culturally appropriate so you are buying more local food products so that you are looking at -- you are not changing communities diets or their principles. one of the main areas -- so that is an example of public aid. and public aid for the u.s. and latin am
we also see it in panama and other places. it derives cash transfer to lower -- what is exciting is it is looking at the absolute poorest of the ports of the people who don't normally access services, people he may not even be registered for government services is providing a end incentive for the government to go out and identify those individuals and to identify them in creative ways that perhaps go beyond the traditional mechanisms for traditional cash transfer which includes health care are...